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Fresh concerns have emerged about the government’s commitment to solving the accessible housing crisis after the chancellor announced a £39 billion investment in social and affordable homes, but ignored disabled people’s urgent needs. Chancellor Rachel Reeves stressed in her spending review […]
There will be “disastrous consequences” for disabled Londoners if the mayor and local authorities fail to take urgent action to increase the number of accessible homes in the capital, according to new user-led research. The Barriers at Home report, the product […]
The government must abandon its “watered-down” proposals for emergency evacuation of disabled people who live in high-rise residential buildings, say disabled people’s organisations. The government quietly announced the policy in December when responding to a consultation on Conservative plans that would […]
Friends and former colleagues are mourning the loss of a disabled peer and broadcaster who played a key role in fighting for disabled people’s rights in the House of Lords. Baroness [Rosalie] Wilkins, who died on 1 December, at the age […]
A local authority has suddenly pulled the plug on funding that would have ended the seven-year accessible housing ordeal of a disabled woman and her family. Afsheen Durrani, her husband Imran, and their two children, were finally told in March this […]
Labour ministers have again failed to make any commitment to toughening standards on accessible homes, despite announcing a string of new housing measures at their annual party conference. Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, who is also the housing secretary, told the […]
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs) have called on the government to take seven key steps in response to the final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which they believe would lead to a “sea change” in housing law and policy for disabled […]
The final report of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry has told the government to take urgent action to prioritise the safety of disabled people and other “vulnerable” residents who live in high-rise residential buildings. The 1,700-page report was published yesterday (Wednesday) and […]
The Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s final report has revealed how opportunities to produce evacuation plans for disabled residents of Grenfell – and other high-rise buildings in the same London borough – were repeatedly rejected by those responsible for their safety. The report […]
Scores of disabled people took their demand for the new Labour government to act on accessible housing to the gates of Downing Street on Monday. They say accessible housing is the “cornerstone of independent living” and that hundreds of thousands of […]